![]() “I was frustrated, but I knew there were people who cared enough to make sure somebody found me…” But it wasn’t because local authorities weren’t trying. Rodgers told the authorities that she was angry with them at one point, since help hadn’t come. Each of these skills, she claimed to have learned from a survival class and her continued research on the topic of desert survival. ![]() She even found edible plants along the way and a turtle which she roasted and ate for nourishment. But aside from this major blunder, Rodgers showed remarkable skill and tenacity. Had she stayed with the vehicle (as you should do), her ordeal would have been shortened by several days, since local police found the abandoned car on April 3. On the second day however, she made a decision which has killed many people over the past century – she left the vehicle to look for help. She had extra clothing for warmth, and some snacks and water for sustenance. Rodgers made the right move on night-one of her situation, staying with her car. To worsen the situation, she was out of range on her cellphone. After taking a few wrong turns on a remote dirt road in eastern Arizona, she ran out of fuel. The Story: 72-year-old Ann Rodgers of Tucson, Arizona was reported missing on Maby her family. Instead, they waited for a rescue that was never going to come. If some of the team had been able to leave the mountain top earlier, more people might have survived. This story also reminds me of the importance of getting out while you can. ![]() The Takeaway: One (rather grim) lesson we can learn from this story is to use all available resources (even if they are repulsive and unthinkable outside of the situation). After several weeks of recovery, he eventually devised a plan and led a team over the 17,000-foot peak that trapped the survivors on a glacier, and marched ten days to rescue. Although he suffered a fractured skull, was unconscious for three days after the crash, and was presumed to ultimately succumb to his injuries, Parrado was able to revive. The original story was recounted in the 1974 bestseller, Alive. Nando Parrado, the hero and author of the book, Miracle in the Andes has provided a fresh re-telling of the high altitude plane crash through the lens of the person most responsible for the rescue of the survivors. The Story: Most of us are familiar with the basic facts of the story: a plane with a Uruguayan rugby team on board crashes into the Andes Mountains many onboard are killed, and after several weeks without rescue and a few failed attempts to walk off the mountain, the survivors are forced to resort to cannibalism.
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